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Drachenfels
Drachenfels. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Drachenfels ("Dragon Rock") is a hill in the northern part of the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate) on the forest estate of the county town of Bad Dürkheim. At 570.8 m above sea level (NHN), it is the highest point of the Palatine Forest north of the Hochspeyerbach - Speyerbach line. The Drachenfels area has been designated as a nature reserve.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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